2022 Summary
Common Blue - Tucking Mill, September 2022 The summer of 2022 will be remembered for the intense heatwave which much of the country experienced in mid July. Indeed, there was much fine weather to enjoy through most of the Spring, Summer and Autumn. Butterflies had a good year and my species list for this location in 2022 was twenty-eight (See list at the foot of this post) Since 2018 I have recorded a total of thirty-one species on or near the cycle route between the Combe Down tunnel and Wellow. Below is an account of the more memorable moments of 2022 Green Hairstreak - Tucking Mill, April 2022 Green Hairstreak - This is a butterfly I first recorded in 2018. I saw just one perched on Bramble in Horsecombe Vale, a largely wooded valley to the west of the cycle-path. During April , May and June I recorded and total of six in two new locations in the valley. Possibly a good year for Green Hairstreak, or maybe I am getting better at spotting them! Five-spot Burnet moth - Tucking M...